In a rare double unlikely to be replicated, the new world chess champion is an 18-year-old grandmaster from the Indian city ...

He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which ...

Grandmaster Pranav Venkatesh is the latest Indian to win the World Junior Chess Championship. Like senior world champions D ...

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention ...

Pranav Venkatesh from Bengaluru has become the World Junior Chess Champion at Petrovac, Montenegro. He remained unbeaten and topped the table with nine points. This marks India's third consecutive ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...

India's Pranav Venkatesh clinched the World Junior Chess Championship (Under-20) held in Montenegro, remaining undefeated with seven victories and four draws. This marks a significant achievement ...

Pranav Venkatesh was crowned world junior chess champion in Petrovac, Montenegro on Friday. (FIDE) Once they returned home, Pranav badgered his father for a similar chess set. They hunted for it ...

Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has long been a source of inspiration for chess players in India.

Indian World Chess Champion D Gukesh credited the COVID-19 lockdown and Viswanathan Anand’s mentorship for India’s chess ...